Newton, Isaac
Optice
£2,394
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
sive de Reflexionibus, Refractionibus, Inflexionibus, et Coloribus Lucis Libri Tres. Latine reddidit Samuel Clarke. London: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1706. 4to (24 x 18.8cm), [14] 348 [2] 24 [2] 43 pp., contemporary panelled calf, 19 engraved folding plates, binding somewhat worn and marked, splits to ends of joints, variable damp-staining (strongest at front and gradually receding), front free endpaper lifting, effaced early inscription to initial blank, [Babson 137; Wallis 179]
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Bookplate (Murray Esqr of Crieff) to front pastedown.
Footnote
First edition in Latin of Opticks, first published in English in 1704; this Latin translation is expanded by the addition of seven further ‘queries’ in book three.